About five dives were spent watching giant mantas with up to ten foot wing span swim around and hover over divers’ heads.  Some were followed by remoras.  The mantas kept swimming in circles and looping around.  They seemed to enjoy the divers attention and especially an outstretched arm.  These mantas did not, however, seem to want to be touched by divers as did the giant mantas of  Socorro Island off of Mexico.   The mantas had white markings on their bodies.

	Manta from below
	Manta flapping his wings against the current in order to maintain its position
	Top of Manta
	Manta's eye and forward fins (mandibles) used for eating and swimming
	Manta with remora swimming underneath

One dive a hawksbill turtle was so hungry, that he only came up long enough for air and allowed divers to be right next to him while he ate his lunch of soft coral. 

	Hawksbill Turtle
	Turtle looking for food
	Turtle eating
	Top of turtle's head while eating
	Turtle used flippers for leverage while pulling at the soft coral with it's teeth.

Napoleon wrasse swam up to us looking for hardboiled eggs. 

 

	Napoleon Wrasse
	Napoleon Wrasse face
	Napoleon Wrasse tail